Note: Yongzheng-marked bowls of this pattern are extremely rare and very few examples are known. A similar pair of Yongzheng marked and period sanduo bowls from the A.E. Hippisley collection, was sold at Anderson Galleries, New York, 30 January 1925, lot 194 (fig. 1)..

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A similar pair of sanduo bowls, also of Yongzheng mark and period, previously from the E. T. Chow Collection, was sold three times at Sotheby’s over the past half-century, the most recent being 25 April 2004, at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, lot 247. On the E. T. Chow bowls, however, only one fruit is depicted on the peach and pomegranate branches.

A fine pair of 'famille-rose' 'sanduo' cups, Marks and period of Yongzheng, from the E. T. Chow Collection, 8.7 cm., 3 1/2 in. Sold for 7,006,400 HKD at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, lot 247. Photo: Sotheby's.